ArmInfo. Official Yerevan doubts the constructive involvement of the Russian Federation in the process of settling relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The reason for the doubt was yesterday's statement by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov that it is Armenia that is sabotaging the agreement on unblocking communications through the Syunik region. Ani Badalyan, Press Secretary of the Armenian Foreign Ministry, commenting on Lavrov's statements to the Armenian media, regretfully stated that "false, clearly biased, often disrespectful comments of various officials of Russian Foreign Ministry officials regarding Armenia, unfortunately, are not new, and if you have noticed, it has been a while since we even reacted to them."
" However, we should say that yesterday's statement by the Foreign minister of Russia not only causes regret but also calls into question the constructive engagement of the Russian Federation in the normalization process of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The Foreign Minister of the state that once undertook a mediator's mission, signed the November 9, 2020 Statement and deployed a peacekeeping continent in the region based on it, cannot fail to see that there is not a single key provision of that Statement that is not irrevocably violated, despite Russia's signature under the document and its participation and responsibility in the processes envisaged by it," Badalyan emphasized.
According to her, Yerevan also believes that the Foreign Minister of Russia is well aware that, apart from public documents, Armenia is not a party of any other agreement and, therefore, cannot sabotage them. "We also consider it necessary to emphasize that the "Crossroads of Peace" project presented by the Government of the Republic of Armenia is already widely recognized among the international community, and it was also presented several times to the representatives of the Russian Federation. We reaffirm that the opening of regional communications within its framework is possible literally at any moment. The "Crossroads of Peace" project received a positive response from a number of international partners. We call on our colleagues from the Foreign Ministry of Russian to refrain from sabotaging through statements neither the project nor the efforts to achieve peace in the South Caucasus. The Government of the Republic of Armenia has repeatedly reaffirmed and continues to reiterate its commitment to the peace agenda and will do its part to successfully implement it," Badalyan concluded.
